USS Solomons (CVE-67) was the thirteenth of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first...

survivors through a pool of oil and aviation gasoline. The escort carrier USS Solomons also reported losing radar contact with an aircraft at the same position...

New Hebrides and the Solomons on 21 June. Between July and November, she took part in amphibious operations in the central Solomons, landing troops at beachheads...

of the Eastern Solomons (also known as the Battle of the Stewart Islands and in Japanese sources as the Second Battle of the Solomon Sea) took place...

USS Sole (SS-410) USS Soley (DD-707) USS Solf (1913) USS Solitaire (ID-3026) USNS Solomon Atkinson (T-ATS-12) USS Solomon Thomas (1863) USS Solomons (YFB-23...

Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons, is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Melanesia, part...

the Eastern Solomons on 24 August 1942 and Battle of Santa Cruz Islands on 26 October 1942. Tenders that were stationed at Solomons: USS McFarland (DD-237)...

leading the air attack on Japanese positions in the initial invasion of the Solomons on 7 August and 8 August 1942, he was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross...

in 1942, but was taken over and launched in 1943 as USS Nassuk Bay, and later renamed USS Solomons. HMS Emperor (D98) was an Ameer-class escort carrier...

of the United States Navy have been named USS Vella Gulf, after the 1943 battle of Vella Gulf in the Solomon Islands. The names of these are sometimes...

during the Pacific War — the Battle of Midway, the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, various other air-sea engagements...

aircraft from USS Croatan on 12 June 1944. U-860 sailed on 11 April 1944 and was sunk in the South Atlantic by aircraft from USS Solomons on 15 June. Japanese...

in the Solomons. From 23 April to 4 May 1943, Fletcher was in Sydney, Australia, for a refit before another month of general duty in the Solomons. She left...

USS Carnelian (PY-19) was a converted yacht that patrolled with the United States Navy in World War II. She was named for carnelian, a semi-precious stone...

November when she arrived at Mayport, Fla., to serve as plane guard for USS Solomons (CVE-67) during the qualifications of pilots in carrier operations. On...

Group 41.6 on patrol in the South Atlantic. Working with escort carrier USS Solomons (CVE-67) she searched the seas in the never-ending battle against German...

USS Strong (DD-467), was a Fletcher-class destroyer and the first ship of the United States Navy to be named after Rear Admiral James H. Strong (1814–1882)...

for survivors through a pool of oil but found none. The escort carrier USS Solomons (CVE-67) reported losing radar contact with an aircraft at the same position...

Navy have been named USS Guadalcanal, after the epic Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands during World War II. The first USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60)...

From 27 August, she was based at Port Purvis on Florida Island, in the Solomons, where she was part of a striking force designed to interrupt the passage...

USS Chicago (CL/CA-29) was a Northampton-class cruiser of the United States Navy that served in the Pacific Theater in the early years of World War II...

for the aircraft carrier USS Solomons off Norfolk, Virginia and Mayport, Florida, and then she began withdrawal from service. USS Pope was decommissioned...

battle of the Eastern Solomons, and again at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands where she helped to sink the aircraft carrier USS Hornet. During the battle...

named USS Helena, after the city of Helena, Montana, though only four were completed. USS Helena (PG-9) was a gunboat in service from 1897 to 1932. USS Helena (CL-50)...

USS Dahlgren (DD-187/AG-91) was a Clemson-class destroyer which served in the United States Navy during World War II. Entering service in 1920, the ship...

USS Juneau (CL-52) was a United States Navy Atlanta-class light cruiser torpedoed and sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942. In...

USS Pringle (DD-477), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Vice Admiral Joel R. P. Pringle (1873–1932). Pringle...

Navy Cross for heroism during 18 to 25 October 1942 in the Solomon Islands campaign. USS Doyle (FFG-39), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile...

the Solomons. By 27 August, Stanly and the other three destroyers were off Guadalcanal, patrolling the anchorage at Lengo Channel. The Solomons-Bismarcks...

Santo in support of the operations in the Solomons from November 1942 to March 1944, then went to the Solomons where she was based at Hathorn Sound. In...